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22 Animals (A)blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or (B)an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food (C)offering on the altar. 23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part (D)too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. 24 Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land,

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22 Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. 23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox[a] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. 24 You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut.(A) You must not do this in your own land,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:23 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.